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12 Cards in this Set
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accurate
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Def:without errors, completely correct; conforming to the truth.
It is important to take ACCURATE notes in class. |
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alert
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Def:Watchful and ready to act;quick to understand and act.
Sent: a good watchdog is ALERT and protective. Def:readiness; an alarm; a time when an alarm is in effect. SENT:Police and firefighters are always on ALERT. DEF:To warn or make aware of sent:Signs on a highway ALERT drivers of hazards. |
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ancestor
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DEF:A family member who lived at an earlier time.
SENT:You may want to study the lives of your ANCESTOR. |
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disaster
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DEF:A sudden, terrible event that brings great damage or suffering a great failure.
SENT:It took moths to recover from the DISASTER. |
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elementary
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DEF:Related to the simplest or beginning level of something.
SENT:Beginning students of the piano practice ELEMENTARY of the league. |
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envy
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DEF:A feeling of resentment caused by longing for what someone has;a person or object that is envied.
SENT:Our team's winning season was the ENVY of the league. DEF:To resent and want someone else has. SENT:There may be times when you ENVY another person's good luck in life. |
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epidemic
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DEF:Spreading to a very large group at the same time;contagious.
SENT:Polio was once EPIDEMIC in the united states. DEF:A rapid and widespread outbreak of a disease;sudden rapid growth or development. SENT: An EPIDEMIC of Dutch elm disease destroyed hundreds of trees in our town park. |
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feeble
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DEF:Having little strength or force; without energy or authority.
SENT: The exhausted runner managed to give us a FEEBLE smile after the long race. |
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penetrate
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DEF:To enter or force a way through or into;to see into
SENT:Care are equipped with special lights that can PENETRATE fog. |
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romp
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DEF: spirited,carefree, or noisy fun;somthing that suggests merry play
SENT:The class enjoyed a ROMP in the playground. |
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staple
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DEF:A U-shaped wire that fastens material by piercing and bending;a major product, material, part,or item regularly used.
SENT:Fruits and vegetables are STAPLEs of a healthy diet. DEF: to fasten with staples SENT:Please STAPLE the pages of your report together. DEF:Chief, principal; needed or used regularly. SENT:Rice is a STAPLE crop in many Asian countries. |
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survive
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DEF:To stay alive or continue to exist; to keep on going; to live longer than.
SENT:We need food and shelter in order to SURVIVE. |
